Sunday, 6 December 2009




As my own video i chose a song in which the main vocalist is a male, i did this as our song has a male lead singer so i thought it would relate a little more.

The Maine - Into Your Arms.

The genre of this song is mainly Alternative but slightly Pop. An example of this is that both of the main characters are both good looking and fashionable.

There is quite a good relationship between the lyrics and visuals. The Lead singer sings about him being in love. The girl is the focus of the video giving the audience the idea he is singing about her. Also he claims that he needs to find his way "back to the start". All throughout the video the girl is going backwards...as if towards the start. This is emphasised by the amount of camera movement, although they are in a static place the movements tell the story.

There is also a good relationship between the music and the visuals. The musicians are playing their instruments around the airport where the narrative is set.

There are a lot of close ups of the artist mainly on his face and upper half of his body. I feel that they have done this to show off the tattoo that he has on his chest.

Reference to the notion of looking. There are lots of windows in this, with the view of outside the airport. There are lots of close ups of him and his top half, and the girls body, her legs and face seem to be the main focus point with her eyes and lips also being pointed out.

Intertextuality. Coldplay's video of The Scientist goes backwards, just as this one does. There is also an element of Romantic Comedies with the chance meeting of the two main characters at the end of the video yet the start of the narrative.

This video is mainly narrative but is also slightly performance aswell.

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